North, Austin

Austin North was born May 20, 1869, in Dallas County, Iowa. He married Hattie Swartz on November 19, 1884. He was a Billings real estate developer (North Real Estate Investment Company) and important town booster. He constructed �The Castle�, his family home, at 622 North 29th Street in 1903. Austin North lived in the home for three years, selling the home to Allen B. LaMott, a well-known stockman, in 1906. In 1922, the North's moved to San Antonio, Texas. He was President of the Glacier to Gulf Highway Association, which connected San Antonio to Billings(Calgary to Tampico) - See When Highways Advertise, San Antonio Express, March 21, 1926. He died in 1928 when he fell 30 feet while trimming a hackberry tree- See City Builder Dies in Texas, Billings Gazette, August 29, 1928. He was survived by five children at the time of his death, Austin, Jr., Alice, John David, Harriet and Winfield. His three brothers, Oto, Ja, and Jo, were all in the real estate business in Billings.

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